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Soccer (FIFA)
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Lads, it's Tottenham': missing out on Eze just the latest banana skin | Rob Davies

Tottenham Hotspur repeatedly experience humiliating, high-profile failures that fuel a culture of pessimism among supporters expecting last-minute collapses and missed transfer targets.
fromNature
1 month ago

Daily briefing: Scans reveal that optimists share similar brain-activity patterns

A brain-imaging study reveals that optimistic people's brain activity patterns are alike, whereas pessimists exhibit more varied and idiosyncratic brain activities, suggesting implications for mental health.
Mental health
Psychology
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago

Optimists Are Alike, but Pessimists Are Unique, Brain Scan Study Suggests

Optimists exhibit similar brain activity patterns, while each pessimist's brain patterns are unique, reflecting differences in imagining the future.
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

The Fragmented Lives of Nate Lippen

"I want to be wrong. Wrong in a new way," says the unnamed narrator of Nate Lippens's 2021 debut, My Dead Book, after learning of yet another friend's overdose and death.
LGBT
London music
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Naoise Dolan: No, I am not enjoying the 'lovely weather' - but like most Irish, I do love a good whinge about it

Summer is often uncomfortable for the Irish, who prefer cooler weather.
NYC politics
fromNew York Post
1 month ago

Zohran Mamdani's feeding off Gen Z's misplaced doomerism: 'They perpetually think things are awful'

Pessimism and confusion among young voters significantly influenced their support for Zohran Mamdani during the New York Democratic mayoral primary.
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